a sop to Cerberus



a sop to Cerberus

A bribe. Taken from the ancient Greek and Roman custom of leaving gifts with corpses so that Cerberus (guardian of the gates of hell) would pass them by. What is this money, a sop to Cerberus so that I won't tell the authorities what you've done?
See also: sop

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Elsie['elsi]
Kazuekah-zoo-eJapanese
Tabitha['tæbiθə]
Seals[si:lz]
JÓN-Icelandic, Faroese
MarkettaMAHR-ket-tahFinnish